“I can confirm that
he has not resigned. He had informed the NDPP [National Director of Public
Prosecutions] in June and he did again yesterday [Tuesday] that he intends
submitting a letter of resignation this Friday, August 1,” said National
Prosecuting Authority spokesman Nathi Mncube.

“He says he wants
to pursue his interests in ministry as he is an ordained pastor.”

Mncube could not say
when Mokotedi was due to appear for his disciplinary hearing.
Last month, Mokotedi was
suspended after a document on former prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach was leaked
to the media.

At the time, The Star
reported that a final report by the IMU recommended that Breytenbach be
criminally charged for corruption, misconduct, conflict of interest, fraud, and
racketeering.

In the unit’s report,
Breytenbach is accused of soliciting a loan of $1 million (about R11m) from
businessman Nathan Kirsh, a complainant in two cases she was prosecuting.

Breytenbach is also
accused of accepting a R6.3m donation from Kirsh through the FW de Klerk
Foundation towards legal fees in her labour dispute with the NPA.

Lengthy disciplinary hearing
In April 2012,
Breytenbach was suspended from the NPA and later faced a lengthy disciplinary
hearing on 15 charges, which included failing to act impartially while
investigating the Kumba Iron Ore Sishen and Imperial Crown Trading mining
rights issue.

She was accused of
“improper relations” with Sishen’s lawyer Mike Hellens.
Breytenbach
countered that this was related to her opposition to a decision to withdraw
fraud and corruption charges against former police crime intelligence head
Richard Mdluli.

In May last year, a NPA
disciplinary hearing found her not guilty on all the charges and she was
allowed to return to work, only to find she was to be transferred.

In the Labour Court,
Breytenbach unsuccessfully applied to have her transfer overturned. Breytenbach
left the NPA to join the Democratic Alliance as an MP.

Mokotedi informed the
NPA that he had nothing to do with the leaking of the document, said Mncube. – Sapa